Contents:

Editorial: Japan is Again a Major Pacific Problem .. 13 Signs of Oil in N. Caledonia . 14 Copra Back to 1953 Rates .. 15 By Air from Pacific, Across North Pole to Europe ... 15 From Boarding-School to Boy House 16 Violent Reaction by P-NG PSA to Cost-of-L ivi n g Decision 17 More Liveliness on Norfolk Is. 18 Fiji Manganese—Extent of Deposits Not Proved ... 19 Do You Remember? Extracts From PIM of 20 Years Ago 19 Editors’ Mailbag 20 Good Prices for Islands Pro ducts Continue 21 Rearrangement of P-NG Air Services 21 Fine Record of Nelson and Robertson—6o Years of Pacific Trading 24 New BP Ship for S. Pacific 25 Territories’ Talk-Talk .. .. 26 New Caledonia’s New Hydro Project 31 Poor Prospects for New Caledonian Chrome .. .. 34 Current News Items from Our P-NG Correspondents .. 35 Air Tourism in Pacific ... 49 Fiji’s Near-Miss Hurricane Does Little Damage .. .. 53 NGG Shareholders Not Soothed by 3d per Share Dividend 57 Fiji’s Outstanding Scholars Win Scholarships 67 No Land Tax for Tahiti ... 69

Magazine Section:

Tropicalities, 77; Why and When the Palolo Sheds Its Tall, 78; Exploring Mboli Caves, 80; Day’s Work for a Vulcanologist 82 SPC’s Extensive Surveys in South Pacific 91 New Hebrides’ Future Presents Dismal Picture 95 For Pacific Radio Amateurs 101 News of the Smallships .. 103 Save £s Providing Buses For Rabaul H 9 Australia’s Continental Shelf Shrinks to Three-M i1 e Limit 130 Observer Tries to Assess Value of Samoan Conven tion 133 Wet Season Wogs, NG High lands Need Expert Help .. 139 Scholarships for P-NG Schoolchildren 145

OBITUARY: AdramGobrait;

Brother Malachy; Mrs.

Lilian Hazard; Capt. Bell; W. Gray; Mrs. W. Newton; G. Gurnery; Lt.-Col. James R. Matson, R. J. Nosworthy 146 P-NG’s 15 Brightest for Suva Medical Schools 147 Morobe’s £295,000 Bridge Opened 150 Future of Hebrides and Solomons 150 Disposal of Warangoi Land • 153 Priorities and the NG Plan 155 Pitcairn’s Claim About Nor folk Is. Constitution .. .. 157 Islands Produce, Markets, etc. 160